Under the Snow (Nonnewaug CT)

The "forward point" of a Zigzag Row of Culturally Stacked Stones, along a road thousands of years old, a Big Snake keeping an eye on me from under a blanket of snow...

Please note that this is not how I usually view the stone feature but that morning it seemed to "transform" under the light and weather conditions, a foot and a half of snow blanketing the landscape.

 

Some Probable Stone Snapping Turtles (Nonnewaug or 'CT Cluster #3')

 Small Stones Turtle

Turtle Effigies in Stone: Tûnuppasuonk kodtonquag(kash) 

         also Tûnuppasuonk qussukquanesash – “Small Stones Turtle” 

"Small stones, stacked as a prayer

to the Turtle, striving to maintain 

Balance in the World, in the Universe. .."

(Above:) Nonnewaug Snapping Turtle Effigy

https://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/search?q=chicken

 (Above:) "And of course I’m looking for combinations of stone that any reasonable person (not just artists and other types of unreasonable people) just might look at and think,

“That looks like a turtle.”

https://wakinguponturtleisland.blogspot.com/2023/02/finding-big-lost-stones-part-one-ct.html

Some Jeff Kohrt Photos

 

Above: A "Small serpent on ledge."

Below: "Wall sections."

With an overlay of an eye and antlers:

Lifted from:

New England Stone Walls & Historical Ruins | Facebook